[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
will carry out an imminent offensive on rebel-held districts in the eastern Qalamoun on the enclaves of the Syrian desert, in an effort to capture ammunition depots of Islam Army, rebel source told Zaman al-Wasl.
Activists said ISIS first target is to capture arms depots of Jaysh al-Islam in al-Batra hill and to press more advances after taking control of Makale' al-Ruhaiba and al-Mihsa village in Qalamoun region.
Rebel source says ISIS is mobilizing forces after huge reinforcements arrived from east Syria and Iraq.
Most rebel factions in Syrian desert, known as Badiyat al-Sham, have recently engaged in fierce fighting with ISIS that plans to expand territory it controls in Syria and Iraq as well as to open a supply route for its fighters in the western Qalamoun who have been trapped between Syrian regime forces and Hezbollah militia.